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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$523.35 -5.99%

$522.12 (-0.23%)🌙

as of 10/22 06:54 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/22) 509,250

Calls: 143,466 (28%)

Puts: 365,784 (72%)

Prior (10/21) 267,995

Calls: 191,571 (71%)

Puts: 76,424 (29%)

Current vs Prior +90.02%

Calls: -25.11% (Calls)

Puts: +378.62% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,125,644

Calls: 781,146 (37%)

Puts: 1,344,498 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 303,663

Calls: 111,592 (37%)

Puts: 192,071 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +67.70%

Calls: +28.56%

Puts: +90.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/22) $743.39M

Calls: $91.64M (12%)

Puts: $651.75M (88%)

Prior (10/21) $160.19M

Calls: $77.43M (48%)

Puts: $82.77M (52%)

Current vs Prior +364.05%

Calls: +18.36%

Puts: +687.46%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.55B

Calls: $513.11M (33%)

Puts: $1.03B (67%)

Prior 7-Day Average $220.95M

Calls: $73.30M (33%)

Puts: $147.65M (67%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +236.45%

Calls: +25.02%

Puts: +341.42%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/22) 2.55

Prior (10/21) 0.40

Current vs Prior +539.11%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.83

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +39.06%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/22) 1,386,945

Calls: 527,643 (38%)

Puts: 859,302 (62%)

Prior (10/21) 1,250,903

Calls: 361,114 (29%)

Puts: 889,789 (71%)

Current vs Prior +10.88%

Prior 7-Day Total 9,300,402

Calls: 2,820,223 (30%)

Puts: 6,480,179 (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,328,628

Calls: 402,889 (30%)

Puts: 925,739 (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.39%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/26)Expiry (10/23) | Next (10/30)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 2.68% | 3.75%2.68% | 6.03%10.21% | 13.04%

Prior 2.79% | 3.45%2.79% | 5.25%8.75% | 11.90%

Current vs Prior -3.90% | +8.70%-3.90% | +14.92%+16.70% | +9.55%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.73% | 3.60%3.54% | 5.43%4.19% | 10.12%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -1.80% | +4.14%-24.22% | +11.16%+143.41% | +28.84%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.79% | 3.45%2.79% | 5.25%8.75% | 11.90%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -3.90% | +8.70%-3.90% | +14.92%+16.70% | +9.55%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 26.23% | 24.18%

Calls: 23.24% | 19.94%

Puts: 29.23% | 28.42%

Prior 15.19% | 33.79%

Calls: 23.66% | 22.34%

Puts: 6.71% | 45.24%

Current vs Prior +72.68% | -28.44%

Prior 7-Day Avg 20.65% | 23.78%

Calls: 23.01% | 22.70%

Puts: 18.29% | 24.85%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +27.01% | +1.69%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 88% of dollar volume in puts ($651.75M) vs calls ($91.64M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 364% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (236% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 90% vs prior.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

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Expected Move

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 264 of results (avg 7.2%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 23	0.34	0.35	$0.35	2.9%	5.9K	0.05	2.5K
$420.00	Nov 20	106.00	110.50	$108.25	4.2%	2	0.94	12
$430.00	Nov 20	96.65	101.20	$98.93	4.6%	2	0.93	27
$440.00	Nov 20	87.70	92.00	$89.85	4.8%	3	0.91	--
$435.00	Nov 27	92.65	97.50	$95.08	5.1%	4	0.91	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$627.50	Oct 23	100.70	105.15	$102.93	4.3%	277	1.00	38
$625.00	Nov 20	99.00	103.40	$101.20	4.3%	3	0.95	--
$620.00	Oct 23	93.45	97.65	$95.55	4.4%	178	1.00	--
$625.00	Oct 23	98.45	102.90	$100.68	4.4%	137	1.00	--
$625.00	Nov 13	98.50	103.00	$100.75	4.5%	2	0.98	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.35, cheapest $0.35)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$550.00	Oct 23	0.34	0.35	$0.35	2.9%	5.9K	0.05	2.5K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 333 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 23	72.50	76.95	$74.72	6.0%	10	1.00	--
$445.00	Oct 23	77.50	81.95	$79.72	5.6%	1	1.00	1
$470.00	Oct 23	52.55	57.00	$54.78	8.1%	6	0.99	3
$480.00	Oct 23	42.65	47.00	$44.83	9.7%	20	0.99	7
$470.00	Oct 26	53.00	56.95	$54.98	7.2%	1	0.97	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 23	15.00	18.65	$16.83	21.7%	5.3K	1.00	7.2K
$542.50	Oct 23	17.15	20.50	$18.83	17.8%	28	1.00	988
$545.00	Oct 23	19.45	21.90	$20.67	11.9%	201	1.00	1.5K
$547.50	Oct 23	21.60	25.45	$23.53	16.4%	425	1.00	1.2K
$550.00	Oct 23	23.50	27.90	$25.70	17.1%	282	1.00	2.9K

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 943 active (total vol 426.9K, top 40.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$595.00	Oct 30	0.51	0.93	$0.72	58.3%	7.4K	0.05	9.3K
$550.00	Oct 23	0.34	0.35	$0.35	2.9%	5.9K	0.05	2.5K
$560.00	Oct 30	3.05	3.70	$3.38	19.2%	5.7K	0.18	2.8K
$555.00	Nov 20	12.40	13.70	$13.05	10.0%	5.6K	0.34	965
$590.00	Nov 6	1.66	2.28	$1.97	31.5%	3.1K	0.10	101

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 23	7.75	10.20	$8.98	27.3%	40.5K	0.68	33.5K
$505.00	Oct 30	7.20	8.35	$7.78	14.8%	34.9K	0.30	1.8K
$500.00	Oct 23	0.69	0.87	$0.78	23.1%	16.8K	0.09	18.0K
$475.00	Oct 30	2.09	2.58	$2.34	20.9%	13.6K	0.11	178
$500.00	Nov 6	9.60	10.70	$10.15	10.8%	12.7K	0.30	353

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 19 strikes (avg 45.0%, max 63.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$520.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	62.7%	40.0%	56.9%	124	165
$515.00	Oct 23	Nov 20	64.1%	42.8%	49.7%	88	96
$540.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	59.1%	41.3%	43.1%	2.0K	224
$535.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	59.5%	41.7%	42.5%	1.9K	105
$530.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	59.3%	42.0%	41.2%	1.6K	391

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$510.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	66.2%	40.6%	63.1%	1.9K	1.5K
$515.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	64.1%	40.0%	60.1%	2.0K	2.0K
$520.00	Oct 23	Nov 27	62.7%	40.0%	56.9%	1.4K	2.0K
$525.00	Oct 23	Dec 4	61.0%	39.0%	56.5%	3.9K	2.7K
$532.50	Oct 23	Dec 4	59.2%	41.5%	42.5%	146	535

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 556 found (best R:R 11.50, avg 5.65)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$550.00	$555.00	Nov 2	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	27%	11.50	$550.40
$585.00	$595.00	Nov 4	$0.24	$9.76	$0.24	11%	40.67	$585.24
$590.00	$600.00	Nov 2	$0.13	$9.87	$0.13	7%	75.92	$590.13
$560.00	$562.50	Nov 6	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	24%	11.50	$560.20
$575.00	$577.50	Nov 27	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	24%	9.00	$575.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$537.50	$535.00	Oct 23	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	91%	0.61	$535.95
$575.00	$572.50	Nov 6	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	86%	0.56	$573.40
$475.00	$470.00	Nov 2	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	13%	34.71	$474.86
$530.00	$527.50	Oct 23	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	68%	1.17	$528.85
$450.00	$445.00	Nov 27	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	13%	28.41	$449.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 440 found (best R:R 0.10, avg 0.34)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$600.00	$610.00	Nov 4	$0.95	$0.95	$9.05	92%	0.10	$600.95
$622.50	$625.00	Oct 23	$0.40	$0.40	$2.10	97%	0.19	$622.90
$555.00	$560.00	Nov 2	$1.42	$1.42	$3.58	76%	0.40	$556.42
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 26	$0.37	$0.37	$2.13	97%	0.17	$607.87
$562.50	$565.00	Nov 6	$0.88	$0.88	$1.62	77%	0.54	$563.38

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$487.50	Oct 28	$0.65	$0.65	$1.85	85%	0.35	$489.35
$445.00	$440.00	Nov 27	$0.83	$0.83	$4.17	88%	0.20	$444.17
$515.00	$510.00	Nov 20	$2.28	$2.28	$2.72	58%	0.84	$512.72
$457.50	$455.00	Oct 26	$0.29	$0.29	$2.21	97%	0.13	$457.21
$470.00	$467.50	Oct 28	$0.39	$0.39	$2.11	93%	0.18	$469.61

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 15 found (avg debit $3.03, cheapest $2.48)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$522.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.90	60.5%	41.4%
$532.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.55	59.2%	40.9%
$530.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.72	59.3%	41.2%
$525.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$3.17	61.0%	43.6%
$527.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$3.08	59.8%	42.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$520.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.48	62.7%	42.1%
$517.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.45	62.8%	42.5%
$522.50	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.60	60.5%	41.4%
$530.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.75	59.3%	41.2%
$525.00	Oct 23	Oct 26	$2.67	61.0%	43.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 211 found (cheapest 2.41% of stock, avg 7.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$525.00	Oct 23	$6.10	$6.53	$12.63	$512.37	$537.63	2.41%
$527.50	Oct 23	$4.85	$7.83	$12.68	$514.82	$540.18	2.42%
$530.00	Oct 23	$3.83	$8.98	$12.81	$517.19	$542.81	2.45%
$522.50	Oct 23	$7.50	$5.35	$12.85	$509.65	$535.35	2.46%
$520.00	Oct 23	$9.07	$4.47	$13.54	$506.46	$533.54	2.59%
$532.50	Oct 23	$3.00	$11.05	$14.05	$518.45	$546.55	2.68%
$535.00	Oct 23	$2.34	$12.70	$15.04	$519.96	$550.04	2.87%
$515.00	Oct 23	$12.70	$2.88	$15.58	$499.42	$530.58	2.98%
$537.50	Oct 23	$1.66	$14.25	$15.91	$521.59	$553.41	3.04%
$540.00	Oct 23	$1.31	$16.83	$18.14	$521.86	$558.14	3.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 255 found (cheapest 0.89% of stock, avg 5.26%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$535.00	$512.50	Oct 23	$2.34	$2.30	$4.64	$507.86	$539.64
$535.00	$515.00	Oct 23	$2.34	$2.88	$5.22	$509.78	$540.22
$532.50	$512.50	Oct 23	$3.00	$2.30	$5.30	$507.20	$537.80
$532.50	$515.00	Oct 23	$3.00	$2.88	$5.88	$509.12	$538.38
$535.00	$517.50	Oct 23	$2.34	$3.55	$5.89	$511.61	$540.89
$532.50	$517.50	Oct 23	$3.00	$3.55	$6.55	$510.95	$539.05
$530.00	$512.50	Oct 23	$3.83	$2.30	$6.13	$506.37	$536.13
$530.00	$515.00	Oct 23	$3.83	$2.88	$6.71	$508.29	$536.71
$530.00	$517.50	Oct 23	$3.83	$3.55	$7.38	$510.12	$537.38
$535.00	$520.00	Oct 23	$2.34	$4.47	$6.81	$513.19	$541.81

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 305 found (best R:R 0.76, avg credit $1.13)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
455/458	540/542	Oct 26	$1.08	$1.42	72%	0.76	$456.42	$541.08
490/492	542/545	Nov 2	$1.73	$0.77	43%	2.25	$490.77	$544.23
478/480	542/545	Nov 2	$1.53	$0.97	50%	1.58	$478.47	$544.03
488/490	540/542	Oct 28	$1.45	$1.05	53%	1.38	$488.55	$541.45
455/458	545/548	Oct 26	$0.79	$1.71	79%	0.46	$456.71	$545.79
488/490	548/550	Oct 28	$1.23	$1.27	61%	0.97	$488.77	$548.73
492/495	540/542	Oct 26	$1.16	$1.34	62%	0.87	$493.84	$541.16
468/470	540/542	Oct 28	$1.19	$1.31	61%	0.91	$468.81	$541.19
470/472	540/542	Oct 26	$0.94	$1.56	70%	0.60	$471.56	$540.94
488/490	542/545	Oct 28	$1.30	$1.20	56%	1.08	$488.70	$543.80

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 368 found (best R:R 13.15, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$507.50	$515.00	$522.50	Oct 26	$0.53	$6.97	22%	13.15
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$540.00	$545.00	$550.00	Dec 4	$0.05	$4.95	5%	99.00
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Nov 20	$0.08	$4.92	4%	61.50
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Oct 23	$0.15	$2.35	13%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Nov 20	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33
$522.50	$525.00	$527.50	Oct 23	$0.12	$2.38	15%	19.83
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 6	$0.15	$4.85	8%	32.33
$560.00	$565.00	$570.00	Dec 4	$0.06	$4.94	5%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 336 found (best net $-8.82, 318 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$6.23	$13.77
$480.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$15.07	$4.93
$580.00	$585.00	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.09	$4.91
$602.50	$612.50	1:2	Oct 28	-$0.15	$9.85
$547.50	$550.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.13	$2.37

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$620.00	$575.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$8.82	$36.18
$485.00	$470.00	1:2	Nov 4	-$1.19	$13.81
$460.00	$457.50	1:2	Oct 23	$0.00	$2.50
$445.00	$442.50	1:2	Oct 23	$0.00	$2.50
$465.00	$462.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.01	$2.49

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 271 found (best yield 5.31%, avg 1.31%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$525.00	Dec 4	$27.80	0.53	0.3%	5.31%	5.63%	9	--
$530.00	Dec 4	$25.35	0.50	1.3%	4.84%	6.11%	1	--
$535.00	Dec 4	$22.95	0.47	2.2%	4.39%	6.61%	4	--
$532.50	Dec 4	$23.70	0.49	1.8%	4.53%	6.28%	13	--
$540.00	Dec 4	$20.70	0.45	3.2%	3.96%	7.14%	10	--
$545.00	Dec 4	$18.60	0.42	4.1%	3.55%	7.69%	5	--
$530.00	Nov 27	$24.00	0.50	1.3%	4.59%	5.86%	110	--
$525.00	Nov 27	$26.35	0.52	0.3%	5.03%	5.35%	102	1
$550.00	Dec 4	$16.60	0.39	5.1%	3.17%	8.26%	13	--
$532.50	Nov 27	$22.50	0.48	1.8%	4.30%	6.05%	21	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 143,466

Total Puts 365,784

Put/Call Ratio 2.55

Net Difference -222,318

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 191,571

Total Puts 76,424

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 115,147

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 781,146

Total Puts 1,344,498

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.83

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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